Car-dump and conveyer.



No. 807,846. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905. A. MOORE.

CAR DUMP AND CONVEYER.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 2s, 1904.

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APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 23, 1904.

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CAR-DUMP AND CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed November 23, 1904. Serial No. 234,057.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR MOORE@ citizen of the United States, residingat War Eagle,

in the county of Mingo and State of I/Vest Virginia,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Car-Dumps and Conveyers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to car-dumps and conveyers, and especially to thatclass wherein the car is turned entirely over and the material dumpedout and a conveyer in conjunction therewith for conveying the dumpedmaterial as to a vessel or a second car.

The car-dump used in connection with this device is the dump shown anddescribed in my application Serial No. 207,960 for an au tomaticrevolving car-dump,filed in the United States Patent Office Hay 14,1904, and my later application for an improvement in the said dump.

The object of my invention is to provide a device wherein a car isturned entirely over by the dump described in my said applications andbeneath which is disposed a bin for the receipt of the dump material.

A further object of my invention is to provide the bin with ahopper-bottom and dispose a conveyer in communication with suchhopper-bottom, adapted to take the material from the bin and convey itto some point Vat a varying distance and height relative to the binas,for instance, to load it upon a vessel.

IVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the'claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in end elevation of my improved dumpand conveyer shown in position for dumping a car of material andconveying the dumped material to a vessel. Fig. 2 is a view in sideelevation of my improved car-dump. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view takenon line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the frictionclutch formoving the conveyer-trough longitudinally. Fig. 5 is a detail View ofthe friction-clutch for raising and lowering the outer end of theconveyer. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the band-brake adapted to hold theouter end of the conveyer at a desired height. Fig. 7 is a detail viewof the conveyer-trough, showing the endless fiight therein with themeans for operating the endless flight and for moving theconveyer-trough longitudinally. Fig. 8 is a detail view of thefriction-clutch for operating the reciprocating feeders.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I mount my improvedautomatic revolving car-dump, as described in my application Serial No.207,960, as at 1, and upon any convenient structure, as the frame 2. Thedump 1 is adapted to automatically rotate, as described in my saidapplication, or to be rotated by the pinion 4, receiving motion throughthe medium of chains 5 and 6 from any source of power, as 7. Within thestructure 2 and beneath the dump 1 is disposed a bin 8, having flaringsides to form a hopper-bottom, as at 9. Below the hopper-bottom 9 andcommunicating therewith are disposed the inclined chutes 10, preferablyinclined from each side toward the center longitudinally of the framestructure. Within the chutes 1() are mounted the feeders 11, which aregiven a reciprocating movement within the chutes 10 through the mediumof rods 12, receiving motion from cranks 13 upon shafts 14. The shafts14 receive motion from shafts 15 through the medium of friction-clutches16. (Shown in detail at Fig. 8.) The shafts 15 are provided with beveledgears 17, adapted to engage and be rotated by beveled gears 18 upon aline-shafting 19. The line-shaft 19 may receive motion through themedium of chain 6 from the power 7.

Below a central opening in the chutes 10 is disposed a conveyer-trough20, supplied with an endless flight 21, operating over sprockets 22 atopposite ends of the trough 20. The conveyer-trough 2O is provided uponits lower side with a longitudinally-disposed rack 23, engaging' apinion 24. The pinion 24 is adapted to be rotated in either directionthrough the medium of a sprocket 25 and chain 26, receiving motion froma friction-clutch 27 upon line-shaft 19 and shown in detail in Fig. 4.Adjacent to the chute 10 is mounted a sprocket 28, engaging the chain ofthe endless flight 21 and receiving rotary motion through sprocket 29and chain 30 from line-shaft 19. Two idlers 31 are provided to hold thechain of the endless flight in contact with the sprocket 28.

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Upon the line-shaft 19 is also mounted a friction-clutch 32, providedwith a winding-drum 33, upon which may be wound a rope or cable 34,which, extending through and guided by pulleys 35 and block 36 andfall-block 37, is adapted to raise and lower the outer end of theconveyer. The fall-block 37 is secured to the conveyer-trough by bail38. Rigidly secured to the winding-drum 33 is a band-wheel 39, adaptedto receive a brake-band 40 to hold the conveyer at any desired heightvertically.

Upon any convenient portion of the structure not otherwise occupied maybe placed rails, as at 41, for storing cars either empty or loaded.

It is found very convenient to mount my dump and conveyer upon a pier,as 42, where the material dumped from the cars may be convenientlyloaded into vessels, as 43.

The operation of my improved dumpingconveyer is as follows: With a cardisposed as indicated within the dump 1 the said car may be turnedentirely over either by the unbalanced weight of the car in the mannerdescribed in my said former application or by the pinion 4, receivingpower from any convenient source, as 7 As the car turns over thecontained material will fall into the bin 8 and by reason of the slopingsides slide through the hopper-bottoms 9 into the chutes 10. By themanipulation of the frictionclutch 16 the feeders 11 may be given areciprocating motion, forcing the material down along the incline of thebottom of chutes 10 and into the conveyer 20. The endless flight,

receiving motion through sprocket 23 and chain 30, will carry thematerial in the direction indicated by the arrow and permit it to bedischarged at the outer end of the conveyer. The position of the outerend of the conveyer may be varied to suit the requirements as follows:By manipulation of the friction-clutch 27 the pinion 24 may be rotatedin either direction and the conveyer moved longitudinally until itsouter end is above the desired point. rl`he outer end may be raised andlowered through the medium of friction-clutch 32 and rope 34,communicating with the outer end of the conveyer, and such outer endheld at the desired vertical point by tightening the band-brake 40 uponthe band-wheel 39. The friction-clutch 16 is interposed between theshafts 14 and v15, so that the feeders 11 may be operated or not, asdesired.

It is obvious that numerous minor changes in the form and constructionof my improved dump and conveyer may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or the scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what sor/',846

I claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the character described, comprising a dump adapted toturn a car entirely over, a bin adapted to receive the contents of thecar, a conveyer disposedto receive material from the bin, means forpositively feeding material from the bin to the conveyer and means formanipulating the conveyer to deliver material at varying distances andheights relative to the bin.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a dump adapted toturn a car entirely over, a bin disposed below and adapted to receivematerial from the car, a conveyer disposed to convey material from thebin and deliver it at varying distances and heights relative to the bin,reciprocating feeders disposed to positively feed material from the binto the conveyer and means for mechanically operating the dump conveyerand feeders.

3. A device of the character described, comi ed to engage the rack andmeans for rotating the pinion in either direction to move the conveyerto deposit the material at varying distances from the dump.

4. A device'of the character described, oomprising a dump adapted tounload material from a car, a longitudinally-movable conveyer adapted toreceive the dumped material, a rack secured to the conveyer-trough, apinion adapted to engage the rack, means for rotating the pinion ineither direction to move the conveyer to deposit the materialat varyingdistances from the dump and means for raising and lowering the outer endof the conveyer-trough to deposit the material at various' heightsrelative to the dump.

5. Acombined dump and conveyer comprising a dump adapted to turn a carentirely over, a bin disposed to receive the dumped material, alongitudinally andangula'rly movable conveyer disposed to receivematerial from the bin, reciprocating feeders adapted to positively feedmaterial from the bin to the conveyer, means for rotating the dump,reciprocating the feeders, operating the conveyer, moving the conveyerlongitudinally in either direction and for raising and lowering theouter end of the conveyer all from the same source of power.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR MOORE. Witnesses:

N. V. J AMES, ALBERT JAMES.

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